Chapter 249

White clouds surged like sea waves, and a cloud whale slowly appeared on the horizon.

Its body was incomparably huge, occupying almost half the sky. Its massive form cast a faint shadow on the mountain land under the blue sky.

As the cloud whale approached, the huge shadow on the ground gradually covered the corner of Fire Persimmon Mountain.

"Look, everyone! What is that?" The citizens of Fire Persimmon Immortal City pointed at the sky, exclaiming at their discovery.

"Such a huge monster beast, Nascent Soul-level aura! Run, a Nascent Soul-level great monster has come to attack the city!"

However, before such panic could spread, Fei Si's voice spread throughout the city.

He told the public not to worry; what was coming was not a monster beast, but a vehicle of the Flying Cloud Kingdom merchant fleet, a cloud whale.

The subjects learned of this news and discussed it heatedly.

The panic quickly dissipated, replaced by excitement and curiosity.

Everyone knew about the Cloud Merchants: the Flying Cloud Kingdom's merchant fleet often traveled to all corners of the world, leaving footprints throughout the entire cultivation world, and was very famous.

The reputation of the Flying Cloud Kingdom's merchant fleet was also very high and worthy of public trust.

"But this is the first time I've seen Cloud Merchants using a cloud whale as a vehicle; clearly, this is a large-scale merchant fleet."

"Is that a cloud whale? It's too big; it's simply breathtaking."

Many cultivators used their respective spells, looking up at the sky and observing the cloud whale carefully.

The cloud whale's head was round and broad, its huge, wide forehead seeming to be able to contain the entire firmament.

It had a pair of huge eyes, blue as crystal gems, as large as small lakes, revealing tranquility and wisdom.

The cloud whale's side fins were like huge white feathers spread out, bringing up gusts of wind as they slid gently, stirring the clouds around it into a vortex shape.

Its tail fin was extremely wide and very powerful; every gentle wave seemed to be able to push the entire sky.

The cloud whale glided across the horizon, its speed sometimes slow and sometimes fast; the natural clouds in the sky seemed to be summoned by it, naturally gathering towards it, thus forming magnificent cloud streams.

The cloud whale's incomparably huge body moved leisurely through the cloud streams, as if it were the guardian of this world, quiet and composed.

Although the cloud whale's life aura was at the Nascent Soul level, it gave no sense of oppression; instead, it made people feel calm after seeing it.

Suddenly, the cloud whale emitted a low and distant sound, which seemed to come from the depths of the horizon, piercing through the clouds, carrying a primitive and pure power that reached the deepest parts of people's hearts.

At the moment the whale sound rang out, the entire sea of clouds fell silent, and countless citizens of Fire Persimmon Immortal City stopped talking, listening to the sound of nature.

The cloud whale glided quietly across the long sky, gradually approaching Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

The sunlight shone down, passing through its body, changing into soft radiance, as if the scorching sun had become gentle because of it.

The citizens of Fire Persimmon Immortal City were almost all looking up at the cloud whale.

Every movement of the cloud whale's cloud fins and tail fin was so elegant and composed, full of natural charm, as if it had merged with this sky.

This was truly a strange scene!

Finally, the cloud whale stopped slowly, hovering high in the sky, maintaining a safe distance from Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Although the Cloud Merchants had a good reputation circulating throughout the world, this cloud whale was after all a Nascent Soul-level existence, so it still had some scruples and consciously stopped in the sky.

After a while, a team of people emerged from the cloud whale's body and flew slowly towards Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

In Fire Persimmon Immortal City, Fei Si rose into the air to meet this team.

Under the gaze of everyone, the two sides met in mid-air.

Fei Si was not surprised. Because the Cloud Merchants' visiting card had been submitted more than ten days ago.

Fei Si had only allowed this Cloud Merchant team to come to Fire Persimmon Immortal City to do business after getting Meng Kui's approval.

"Lord Fei Si, I am Song Fuli; it is truly an honor to have the opportunity to do business in Fire Persimmon Immortal City this time!"

Fei Si nodded and smiled, carefully sizing up the Jin Dan cultivator in front of him.

Song Fuli was a middle-aged man with an ordinary face, broad nostrils, and a pair of tiger eyes that shone brightly, giving the feeling that he was not a businessman, but rather a brave general who had fought on the battlefield.

After Fei Si greeted him, he immediately requested to see Song Fuli's Cloud Merchant identity token and the approval document issued by the Flying Cloud Kingdom.

Fei Si carefully checked the identity token, then unfolded the approval document to see if it had the seals of the Flying Cloud Kingdom and the Nandou Kingdom.

After everything was confirmed to be correct, he returned the token and other items to Song Fuli.

"Mr. Song, please this way." Fei Si led Song Fuli back to Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Song Fuli took several people to enter the city with Fei Si first, while the other half of the team behind him began to wave backwards, directing more people to fly out from the cloud whale's body.

A large group of cloud beasts, in various forms, including cloud horses, cloud cattle, etc., dragged countless cargo boxes, forming a long snake-like formation, flying slowly towards Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

The citizens were all excited, and some even raised their hands and cheered.

They discussed it heatedly.

"No wonder the area west of the city was cleared out early."

"It seems the City Lord's Mansion had arrangements early on; that area is specifically for the Cloud Merchants to stay and set up shops."

"I have never seen such a large-scale merchant fleet; I don't know what kind of novel items they have brought; it's really something to look forward to."

Fire Persimmon Immortal City became lively.

Ning Zhuo's residence.

The sixteen-year-old young cultivator was also standing by the window at this moment, looking at a corner of the sky through the window.

"The Flying Cloud Kingdom's merchant fleet?"

Ning Zhuo also showed some anticipation.

In fact, he had always had a good impression of the Flying Cloud Kingdom. This was because his mother came from the Flying Cloud Kingdom.

Song Fuli and Fei Si traveled together.

During the descent, Song Fuli looked down at the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City and saw a scar in the middle, which was the ruins left by the previous Jin Dan chaotic battle.

Song Fuli showed a look of worry: "I wonder how your City Lord views the Jin Dan chaotic battle from not long ago?"

Fei Si hurriedly reassured him: "It's just that Lord Meng Kui didn't take action; the previous chaotic battle was far from the level where he would need to take action! Your merchant fleet can rest assured; everything is under the control of our City Lord's Mansion."

Song Fuli sighed lightly: "Fire Persimmon Immortal City was built not long ago; it is a genuine new city. Because of the existence of the Molten Immortal Palace, the city-protecting array is not fully laid out."

"The emergence of the Molten Immortal Palace this time might be a good thing. Perhaps it is an opportunity for the Immortal City array to be re-laid?"

"However, before that, I hope even more that the merchant fleet entering the city can have the ability to protect itself."

Fei Si nodded slightly and scanned the few cultivators behind Song Fuli.

These cultivators all had quite fierce temperaments; some had scars on their faces, and some had cold gazes, clearly all good fighters.

Cloud Merchants could travel around the world and do business everywhere, naturally having strong armed protection.

The Nascent Soul-level cloud whale was one layer, and the guards and cultivators of these merchant fleets were clearly the second layer.

Fei Si pondered: "As long as your merchant fleet carries equipment that meets the standards or is below the standards according to the criteria we negotiated before, our side will approve."

Song Fuli smiled: "That's good."

He needed to do business here to make money, while the City Lord's Mansion represented by Fei Si needed to meet the needs of a large number of foreign cultivators.

The supplies that Fire Persimmon Immortal City could provide could not meet the large demand of foreign cultivators.

After all, Fire Persimmon Immortal City was still just a new city and had never accommodated so many foreign cultivators before.

In the past, Fire Persimmon Immortal City could be self-sufficient, but now, the demand was too huge, causing businesses in various industries in Fire Persimmon Immortal City to be generally explosive, but still difficult to satisfy the buyers.

Because of this reason, a series of public security problems were triggered, increasingly affecting the City Lord's Mansion's stable rule over Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

The Cloud Merchants made money, the vast number of cultivators obtained a large amount of material replenishment, and the City Lord's Mansion was able to stabilize public security and also had a large amount of tax revenue.

This was a win-win situation that everyone wanted.

Therefore, as soon as the Cloud Merchants appeared, they were widely welcomed.

They quickly built a large number of shops, tents, and even high-rise buildings on the open space west of the city.

From the first day of doing business, the Cloud Merchants' goods were sold out!

By the second day, Ning Zhuo wore an ordinary mask magic tool, changed his appearance slightly, left his residence, and came to the Cloud Merchant shops west of the city.

In just one day, the west side of the city had changed its appearance significantly.

Shops of all sizes stood tall, all with the characteristics of the Flying Cloud Kingdom. These pure white, gray-white, and off-white buildings were generally very tall and thin, as if they were going to rush straight into the clouds.

In comparison, the buildings on the Fire Persimmon Immortal City side were all built very wide and thick, giving a sense of solidity.

The thicker the building, the more it could isolate the temperature.

The temperature on the Fire Persimmon Mountain side was still generally higher.

The temperature in the Flying Cloud Kingdom was suitable, but there was a lot of rain, and thunderstorms were relatively frequent.

The higher the building was built, the more it could accumulate rainwater and utilize lightning and strong winds.

Ning Zhuo walked among these shops, feeling the exotic customs of the Flying Cloud Kingdom.

People were moving around him, and there was always noisy sound in his ears, some bargaining, some laughing and playing.

The entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City, because of the arrival of the Cloud Merchants, entered a festive atmosphere like a holiday.

Ning Zhuo chose a material shop and walked in.

He needed to purchase some clouds as materials to re-refine into the Floating Cloud Sash.

The clouds produced by the Floating Cloud Sash were not just the effect of magic power; every time it was pushed, it would also consume the cloud silk contained within the Floating Cloud Sash.

The material shop was busy, and many people were purchasing this basic material.

After Ning Zhuo asked about the price, he bought some floating clouds and also bought some floating cloud silk threads.

Floating clouds were considered raw materials, while these floating cloud silk threads were processed through a step, and the price was a bit more expensive than floating clouds.